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March 2020

March 11, 2020

Get a Grip—Mastering Your Emotional Life

What feelings tend to get the best of you? Do certain people or situations provoke...

February 2020

February 16, 2020

Not a Gumball God – A Gospel Meditation for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

"I feel like I sacrifice everything for my kids, running them to all their activities,...

October 2019

October 09, 2019

Resolving Repetitive Arguments

Often we feel as though we’re just going in circles, having the same arguments over...

October 16, 2018

Dealing With Hurtful People

We all know the world isn’t what it was meant to be. People say hurtful...

July 2018

July 16, 2018

Be Still My Anxious Heart

Anxiety comes in all shapes and sizes. It can be a creeping whisper or an...

June 2018

June 25, 2018

Dealing with Jekyll and Hyde

It seems like you are best friends one day and total enemies the next. We...

June 12, 2018

Men, Keep the Ball in Play!

Guest blog post by Dave McClow, Pastoral Solutions Institute. Fighting that works! Ever been in...

June 06, 2018

Stop Pressuring Me! How to Stand Strong in Face of Manipulation

Peer pressure. We’ve all dealt with it throughout our lives, but does it still effect...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Maintaining Your Marriage Connection

It’s easy to tell when someone is happy. People often express outward signs when they...

January 2018

January 15, 2018

Practically Perfect in Every Way – Three More2Life Hacks for Overcoming Perfectionism

In the age of social media, self-criticism and perfectionism are more prominent than ever. We...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

Family Food or Family Feud—Surviving or Thriving During The Holidays

The holidays are wonderful, however, as some of us may have experienced during Thanksgiving, they...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Simple Tips For Living a More Joyful Life

We tend to think that joy is a product of stepping away from life and...

August 2017

August 22, 2017

When Sex Isn’t About Sex: 3 Things You Need to Know

Does God really care about our sex lives?

June 2017

June 20, 2017

Zombie Apocalypse: Spirituality, Sex, and the Lay Vocation

At the upcoming USCCB Convocation of Catholic Leaders in Orlando, my wife and co-author, Lisa Popcak,...

March 2017

March 20, 2017

3 Ways To Guarantee You’ll Be Your Spouse’s BFF

Many people question whether husbands and wives should expect to be each other’s best friends....

September 2016

September 19, 2016

Can Christians Have “Healthy Shame” about the Body? (The Answer Isn’t What You Think).

Lisa Madrid Duffy posted a blog about the new sex ed curriculum published by the...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

Pontifical Council for the Family Members, Dr. John & Claire Grabowski, to Join More2Life Radio Line-Up

Beginning Monday, July, 11, 2016, Dr. John and Mrs. Claire Grabowski, members of the Pontifical...

July 2015

July 06, 2015

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Burden of Natural Family Planning–PART 1.

Apparently all the 4th of July fireworks got a lot of couples thinking about the...

May 2015

May 15, 2015

Silencing The Inner-Critic: 4 Keys to Loving Yourself

It can be hard to love ourselves. Many of us are afraid that loving ourselves...

May 12, 2015

More Sex Doesn’t Necessarily Increase Couple’s Happiness, New Study Finds

Despite what many popular authors propose, a new study finds that more sex does not...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Resolving Sexual Conflict–A Spiritual Response

Research shows that about 80% of couples experience some degree of conflict related to mismatched...

April 07, 2015

4 Ways Good Relationships Can Save Your Life

Researchers estimate that 40% of Americans feel lonely. That's remarkable, considering that we're more connected...

November 2014

November 10, 2014

Big Announcement #1: You CAN Balance Baby, Marriage, Family, & Your Needs–Here’s How!

We mentioned a few big announcements this week. The first is the launch of my...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

Yes, There IS a Catholic Way to Parent. Here’s Why.

Is there a Catholic way to parent? It really depends upon what you mean by...

September 16, 2014

“Do You Know His Name?”

"the person is a good toward which the only proper and adequate attitude is love.”...

August 2014

August 05, 2014

“You Are the Average of the 5 People You Spend the Most Time With.”

Yesterday on More2Life Radio, Lisa an I discussed an assertion of a new book, The...

July 2014

July 14, 2014

My Son, Jacob Popcak, In the News

For his presentation at the recent Theology of the Body Congress. Jacob Popcak, a student...

July 14, 2014

Theology of the Body Congress A Huge Success

Lisa and I just returned from Philadelphia and the Theology of the Body Congress where...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

Pope St. John Paul II & Pope St. John XXIlI: Partners in the Universal Call to Holiness

It surprises many people that the Church will be canonizing both Pope John XXIII and...

February 2014

February 09, 2014

Martha Sears Invites Dr. Greg Popcak to Serve on Attachment Parenting International–Resource Advisory Council

I was genuinely honored today to receive an invitation from internationally-recognized parenting expert/author, Martha Sears, ...